Authoritarianism-Rebellion Scale
Circle the number that best reflects your degree of agreement or disagreement with each statement. 1. Obedience and respect for authority are the most important virtues children should learn. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 2.* What we need least is an authority to tell us what to do or how to do it. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 3. Every person should have complete faith in some supernatural power whose decisions he obeys without question. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 4. People can be divided into two distinct classes‚ the weak and the strong. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 5.* To be a decent human being‚ follow your conscience regardless of the law. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 6.* No principle is more immoral than that of obedience. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 8.* Astrology will never explain anything because it is a fraud. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 9.* The Canadian way of life is so resistant to progress that a revolution is necessary to end its injustices and oppressions. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 10. Nowadays‚ when so many different kinds of people move around and mix together so much‚ a person has to protect himself against catching an infection or disease from them. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 11.* Children don=t owe their parents a thing. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 12.* Canada can=t exert moral leadership among nations until it abandons its corrupt material nature. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 13.* Sex crimes like rape and child molesting reflect a sick society and we must change society rather than punish individual offenders. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 14. Obedience is the mother of success. 15. Strong discipline builds moral character. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 16. Canada is spiritually predestined to lead the world. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 17. Some day it will probably be shown that astrology can explain a lot of things. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 18.* Peoples of different nationalities‚ social classes and races should mix together more. Everybody would benefit from it. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 19.* To know people well is to love them. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 20. The true Canadian way of life is disappearing so fast that force may be necessary to preserve it. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 21. Sex crimes‚ such as rape and attacks on children‚ deserve more than mere punishment: Such criminals ought to be publicly whipped or worse. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 22.* Obedience is the mother of enslavement. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 23.* True morality only develops in a fully permissive environment. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 24. There is hardly anything lower than a person who does not feel a great deal of love‚ gratitude‚ and respect for his parents. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 25. No principle is more noble or holy than that of true obedience. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 26.* The strong and the weak are not inherently different. They are merely the advantaged and the disadvantaged members of an unfair society. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 27.* Obedience and respect for authority aren=t virtues and shouldn=t be taught to children. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 28. To be a decent person‚ always stay within the law. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 29. Our chief want in life is somebody to make us do what we should. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly 30.* Faith in the supernatural is a harmful self-delusion‚ and submission to religious authority is dangerous. Strongly Somewhat Slightly Slightly Somewhat Strongly Note: Items marked with an asterisk are reverse-scored items. Kohn‚ P.M. (1972). The Authoritarianism-Rebellion scale: A balanced F Scale with left-wing reversals. Sociometry‚ 35‚ 176-189.
